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FILE – In this March 31, 2016 file photo, Wendell Pierce, a cast member in “Confirmation,” poses at the premiere of the HBO film in Los Angeles. Pierce’s home was destroyed by flooding in Baton Rouge, La., 11 years after his childhood home was damaged by Hurricane Katrina. The 52-year-old Louisiana native revealed the news Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016, on Twitter. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

RICHMOND — Actor-developer Wendell Pierce has announced that a real estate partnership he participates in will build a mixed-use development in the city’s Downtown Main Street Corridor.

The development would feature retail and housing, and a goal would be to attract tech sector businesses to the city’s core, according to a post by Pierce on Twitter.

“Richmond CA. is an East Bay jewel,” the New Orleans native tweeted this week. “32 miles of waterfront shoreline, beautiful mountain views, 30 minutes to SF and Oakland city centers.”

Pierce said he wants to bring Oakland-based Red Bay Coffee, which he describes as an “innovative beverage business that practices profit-sharing with staff,” to Richmond. In an earlier tweet, he said he also was bringing Red Bay Coffee to New Orleans, where he is involved in another development. He also is a participant in an apartment development in Baltimore.

“So blessed to have actor and now friend Wendell Pierce as an investor in downtown development projects,” Elliott said, and added, “Economic development is social justice.”

According to Elliott, the proposed development would spread over two blocks along the north side of Macdonald Avenue, between 11th and 13th streets, and include more than 250 units of housing and about 60,000 square feet of retail space.

As part of a separate project, Pierce wants to bring Red Bay Coffee and a co-working business to a retail building at the Richmond BART station, Elliott said.

Twitter posts responding to Pierce’s announcement were generally upbeat, with some exceptions, such as one that warned: “And so it begins. I live one block away and my concern is will lifelong Richmond residents (be) driven out just like Oakland?”